Device for catching and holding hogs



'W. L. BARLOW.-

DEVICE FOR CATCHING AND HOLDING HOGS.

- APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, I920.- 1,353,376.

' nwutoz W 1. 5/7/6201 Patented Sept. 21, 1920. 1

2 SHEETS-SHEET W. L. BARLOW.

DEVICE FOR CATCHiNG ANDHOLDING HOGS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1920.

1,353,376. Patented Sept. 21,1920.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- a A a a r W1. 5/784 0w convenience of use.

UNITED tartar 'wI LLrA M .BA' l Low, I f l i I Y Y DEVICE FOR oAroHINe a nn;'rroLnI 1\Te Hoes, f l I i Specification of La est-m p te f S t, '21;

Application filed Marc1i 25, 1e2o. Seria1' N0.-368,57 8.

T 0 all whom it mag concern: ,-Be it known that I, JVILLIAM L. BARLOW,

a" citizen of the United States, residing at Clear Lake, in the county of Cerro Gordo and Stateof Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Catching and Holding Hogs and I do declare the following to be a' full, clear, and.

exact description 'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved de-' vice for -'c'atching and holding hogs, al

though it is not-to "be restricted to such use, because'it may be used also for catching and holding cattle, if it is so desired.

Considerable difficulty is experienced at the lpresent time in catching and holding hOgSffOI the" purpose of vaccinating or otherwise operating on them; For this reason I'havedevised an apparatus which will enable a-single person to catch and hold a hog so that he may vaccinate or otherwise operate on it, the animal being practically helpless when in the holding device, thus 1nsur-ing safety to-the person carrying on such work; a l A i Another object of the invention is to provide an improved device for catching the hogs. so that they may be conveniently dragged into the holding device. I

- A further object of the invention is :to produce a device of the above. mentioned class which'is simple and effective, strong, durable, and inexpensive; one which is easy. to manipulate andis of such construction that it may be moved from place to place for 'Other objects and advantages of'the in vention will be apparentnduring the course of the following description;

I In the accompanying drawings forminga part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe 'same:

' Figure 1 is a perspective-view ofadevice constructed in accordance with my'invention. c

2 is a central longitudinal-sectional' view, partly in elevation. I V

Flg. 3 is a vertical sectional view-taken on the plane of the line 33 of Fig. 2, the parts of the holding device being shown in the position they assume when they are ineffective,- v

ig; 4 is a viewilike' Fig. 3, showingthe parts in the position they assumewhen they are in effective position. II Fig. 5is a detail viewof a portion {of the apron; showingclearly the manner of connec ti lg th'e slats. c 7 I Incarrying out my invention lemploy means to hold the animal the means "a; catch and drag it into the holding means. The holding mechanisminclude'sa 'fsuit ablef support for a rotary apron which depends froni'iti It further includes a retractable platform for the lower portion of the apron c. to rest, on, and operating'means for both "the apron and platform, 7 whereby when the latterismoved from contact with the apron the device will be in condition for holding a hog; I i

'The meansor device for holding the hogs 7 5- comprises asupporting frame; made up of a pa r of spaced bottom-pieces 1 which serve as runners and permit the entiredevice to bedragged from one place to 'another for convenience; of use. Rising from the runners are a plurality of uprights 2 connected together attheir upper ends by side and'end rails 3' and" 4, respectively. Doors 4% are carried by the uprights 2. fExtending through,"and beyond the end rails an a shaft -5,' rotated by. a crank-handle g6 and carrying a pair of sprocket wheels 7-. This construction is employed to support and rotate a flexible endless apron 8 which is. j 'made up of a pair of sprocket chains acounectedby slats Thisfapron in; conjunc jure th efattendant. Rotation'offthe apron will be permittedfeither before or after the retractable platform-is moved fromgcontact I with thebottomportion thereof, which nor--1.00 I

mally rests on it in the manner -s'hown in" Figs. 1 to -3 inclusivej While the platform may be of some other construction, I desire to construct it intheform of a pair ofdoors 11, which are disposed between and hinged 10 I to'the bottom rails 11in such a'waythat-theyj 'will'iswin'g downwardlywhen the device is in use, as shown in'Fig'. 4. Ordinarilyth'ese tionwith the fra-me'formsa stall or hous in'g,"into which a hog is dragged previously I to operating onhim; which may; be accom I v plished after rotating the apron and throw:

ing the animal onits back ,"whereby the' ani m'al will be helpless and cannot kl'clg or inported'by them. They are held in closed position by means of a lever12 which is fulcrumed between its ends as at 13,-so that one end will extend beneath the door, while 5 the other end will extend outwardly beyond the runners 1 to permit'it to be conveniently actuated The end of the lever which extendsbeneath the doors carries a 'pivot'ally mounted plate 14 which-is. adapted for disposition. beneath the meeting edges of the doors so that when the lever is in the position; shown in Fig. 1, wherein it is locked against movement by the hook 15, the doors will ,be held closed... On the other hand,

doors will swing down and open, thus permitting the lower portion of the apron to assume a V-shape, and'hold the hog tightly therein so that the attendant may work with safety. By bearing down on the outer. end of the lever the doors ll will be closed,- whereupon the hook 15' may be brought into use to hold the lever in operative'position.

Briefly described, the hog catching mechanismiincludes a downwardly inclined chute 16, a net 17, a rope 18, and a Windlass, 19 upon which the rope is wound. The last named part is carried by the runners and it, includesa pulley 20 over which the rope 18 ispassed; The bottom of the chute is to I be flush with the doors so that the animal may be easily pulled into the holding mechanism when caught inthe net 17 p In use the device willbe moved to a con- I venient place of useby suitable means. The chute 16will then be placed against the re- 1 tractable platform, so thatthe hogs may be dragged from the former onto the latter. Assuming t that the parts of the holding mechanism are in the position shown in Fig. 3, and a hoghas been caught inthe net17,

7 it will be seen that by properly operating the indlass 19,the animal'will be dragged down the chute and into the apron, the door 4& ;atithisend of the device being open' to' admit the animal.- The'door 4 at the. other end. may then beopened enough to permit the netto-betaken off the hog and pulled out. Bothfend doors'are then closed and the apron, 8 'rotatedgsoas to throw the hogon its back.- Next, the lever 12 [is unho0ked,- whereby the doors llwill-swing down and 5 5 away from engagement withthe'apron, permitting thelower portion 'of-thelatter to assume a 'V-sh'ape, thus binding thehog tightly therein so that itwill be practically helpless. The attendant may then enter the V stall and vaccinateor otherwise operate on V. the hog with safety. Aftenthe desired work has-been performed, the platform may be returned to its original position by hearing down onthe outer-end of the lever 12,, where- "'65 upon the latter will be hooked. until the when the hook 15 is released from engage descriptiontaken in connection with, the

device through the end opposite to that which it entered. It is to be statedhere, that in orderto'permit free movement of the lever 12, it will be generally necessar to dig a small hole in the ground beneat the end thereof which carries the plate 14.

By employing a device constructed in ac- '15 cordance with my invention, very little or no difficulty will be experienced incatching and holding hogs or the like, while they are being operatedon. For this reason my device will be found extremely usefuL- Another point, the device is effectivefinoperation and is very easy to ,manipulatain fact it can be operated by a single person if; necessary. It isalso advantageous in that it-may be dragged from one place to another for convenience of use.' Then agaim the I construction is such that it is comparatively inexpensive and is easy tovrepair. l A careful consideration ofthe foregoing accompanying drawings will enable the readerto obtain a clear idea ofthe use,coperation, and construction of. my invention; In view of' this, a more lengthy description is deemed unnecessary. I 1

' Itis to be understood-that the form of my invention herein shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred: embodiment. of the same, and that various, minorchanges in theshape, size, and arrangement of'parts' Q0 may be resortedto without-departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims. T

. I claim? V v r 1 r 1. A device of the class described comprising a supporting-frame, a rotary depend ing apron thereon, a retractable platform arranged beneath and normally engaging'and supporting thelower portion of the apron, and -means'to move the platforniaway from engagement with. the apron to permit the latter to assume effective position. '1'

2. A device of the class'described compris-:. ing a supporting frame, a flexiblefendless apron rotatably 'mountedon. said frame, a .115

two-part retractable platform, upon which the lower portion of .theapron rests when i in operative position,andme'ans to actuate the platform.

' 3. The structure setfortlr-in claim -2, tl1e 1.20

thereon, sprocket wheels on the-shaft, end

less. chains -coactin with the s )rockets a b V a plurality of slats connecting the chains, con

stituting an endless flexible apron, means: to 130.

rotate the shaft, a retractable platform upon which the lower portion of the apron rests,

prising a supporting frame, an endless'apron rotatablymounted on the frame, a pair of downwardly movable doors hinged on the frame in a position tosupport the lower portion of the'apron, a door operating lever pivotedbetween its ends to the frame, having one of its ends disposed beneath the doors, and means coacting with its opposite ends for retaining it in operative position.

6. A device of the class described comprising a supporting frame, an endless apron mounted for rotation on the frame, a pair of downwardly opening doors'hinged on the frame beneath the apron, being adapted to support the lower portion of the latter, a door actuating lever pivoted between its ends on the frame, one end being disposed beneath the doors, a plate pivotedon this end of the leverto hold the doors closed,

but permitting them to open when it is moved downwardly by the lever, and means for retaining the lever in effective position.

7. A device'of the class described comprising a supporting frame, including spacedbottom-pieces, uprights rising therefrom,

side and end rails connecting the uprights at their upper ends, a shaft journaled in the end rails, a crank-handle on the shaft, a pair of sprocket wheels also'on the shaft, an

endless chain on each wheel, a plurality of slats connecting the chains, constituting a flexible apron, a pair of downwardly opening doors disposed between and hinged to the bottom pieces, serving as rests for the lower portion of the apron, a door-operating-lever,one end of which extends beneath the doors,.and a plate pivoted to this end of the lever for retaining the doors in closed position.

In testimony whereof I'have hereunto set my hand.

" WILLIAM L. BARLOW. 

